wealh
/ˈwæl(x)/
wealh noun: in Anglo-Saxon England, a speaker of a Brythonic language, especially Welsh.
Noun
wealh (plural wealhs)
- In Anglo-Saxon England, a speaker of a Brythonic language, especially Welsh.
- It is possible that the services on the royal manors, of which Seebohm gives one instance even in the very Saxon Hampshire, may have been heavier than the average of manors held by eorls or thanes. If so, the tenantry on the former may have been in larger proportion wealhs.1885, John Beddoe, The Races of Britain: A Contribution to the Anthropology of Western Europe, Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, […]; London: Trübner and Co., […], pages 61–62
- That the kings had wealhs in their service, whose position rose in consequence of that service, is shown by Ine, cap. 83:[…]1889 October, A[ndrew] G[eorge] Little, “Gesiths and Thegns”, in Mandell Creighton, editor, The English Historical Review, volume IV, number 16, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. and New York: […]...
Forms of wealh
| plural | wealhs |
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Origin of wealh
Learned borrowing from Old English wealh. Compare Wales, Welsh.
Words formed from wealh
Questions about wealh
- What does wealh mean?
- Wealh means in Anglo-Saxon England, a speaker of a Brythonic language, especially Welsh.
- What part of speech is wealh?
- Wealh is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wealh?
- Wealh is pronounced /ˈwæl(x)/.
- What is the plural of wealh?
- The plural of wealh is wealhs.
Words near wealh in the dictionary
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